15ch ?? Rail bridge?

[Callie]

Does it just mean inches??

 

[Elpenor]

Chains surely (80 in a mile)

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Chains surely

yes. the railway tend to measure things in miles and chains (80 chains = 1 mile)

 

[souljacker]

No, it's a chain. That bridge is 7 miles and 15 chains down the line.

 

[Elpenor]

I am unclear on the cricket reference however

 

[Callie]

Interesting so m doesn't= metres. Ooooh

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I am unclear on the cricket reference however

not out (after third umpire review).

it would appear to be the bridge at penge west station

LBW in this context seems to be the line from London Bridge to Windmill Bridge Junction

Windmill Bridge is near Croydon.

 

[Callie]

No, it's a chain. That bridge is 7 miles and 15 chains down the line.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I am unclear on the cricket reference however

although one chain is the length of a cricket pitch

Chain (unit) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[souljacker]

That sign is for a bridge. As Puddy_Tat has said, specifically the Penge West Station Footbridge. The sign states that this bridge is 7 miles and 15 chains down line from where the line originates (which I'm guessing is London bridge). A chain is 22 yards (66 feet). Railways still use the chain as a unit mainly because they always have.

 

[Elpenor]

although one chain is the length of a cricket pitch

Chain (unit) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

And the width of the popping crease is equivalent to standard gauge

Starting to feel like a conspiracy

 

[two sheds]

7m 15cm high?

 

[Callie]

This is all very interesting for my drunken brain

 

[Callie]

7m 15cm high?

No! 7 miles and 15 chain chain chains from over there

 

[Puddy_Tat]

 

[Callie]

And the width of the popping crease is equivalent to standard gauge

Starting to feel like a conspiracy

You leave my popping crease out of this

 

[souljacker]